Drew's Thoughts:Though I'm not the biggest Disney fan in the PFA (I'll let Joe and Colleen duke it out for that title) I was intrigued (and glad) someone at Disney is finally drawing again. Computer animation can be effective certainly but I'm getting pretty sick of it so it was nice to hearken back to the days of Aladdin and other non-computer animated childhood favorites.
The Princess and the Frog, written and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin), is a twist on "The Frog Prince" set in New Orleans. The story is pretty standard but all the New Orleans cliches/stereotypes make for a more interesting backdrop than usual. Tiana, who's not actually a princess, dreams of opening her own restaurant when she encounters the Maurice Chevalier-esque playboy Prince Naveen who has been turned into a frog by the villainous Dr. Facilier, a beatnik voodoo doctor voiced by Keith David (Requiem for a Dream). When she kisses the prince she unexpectedly turns into a frog and they go on an adventure through the bayou, meeting a jazz loving gator and Cajun firefly, in the hopes returning to human form.
It's not destined to be a classic but it's the most fun a Disney film has been since Enchanted.
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